In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we had the opportunity to speak with Prof. Michael Wagner from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at UW-Madison. Prof. Wagner’s research focuses on many issues at the epicenter of public discourse in contemporary American politics in “normal times.” In these unprecedented times of global pandemic and civil rights protests, Prof. Wagner’s work on conspiracy thinking, misinformation and social media, and political polarization speak directly to questions about the health and future of civic democracy in the United States. We learned a lot from our discussion Prof. Wagner, and hope you will too. Listen here.